The world premiere production of Thomas Klingenstein's play opens August 27 at the Cherry Lane Theater.
Melissa Gilbert stars in If Only, directed by Christopher McElroen, at Cherry Lane Theatre.
Performances of Cherry Lane Theatre's world premiere production of Thomas Klingenstein's If Only recently began performances ahead of an August 27 opening night. Christopher McElroen directs the production, set to run through September 17.
Melissa Gilbert sits with costar Mark Kenneth Smaltz.
The show is described as follows: "If Only...explores a love and a racial equality that might have been. In 1860 Abraham Lincoln came to New York City where he befriended a well-educated ex-slave, and a young, spirited woman from New York's social class. In the middle of the Civil War, Lincoln brought them together. A romantic relationship ensued but one that neither could acknowledge. Now, 36 years later they meet again. They long for each other. For what might have been had Lincoln lived. His assassination changed forever their fate and the fate of a nation."
Melissa Gilbert and Richmond Hoxie share a scene.
Melissa Gilbert (Little House on the Prairie) stars in the production. She is joined by Mark Kenneth Smaltz, Richmond Hoxie, and Korinne Tetlow. If Only features scenic design by William Boles, costume design by Kimberly Manning, lighting design by Becca Jeffords, sound design by Andy Evan Cohen, and properties design by Carrie Mossman. Casting by Stephanie Klapper.
Korinne Tetlow and Melissa Gilbert read a letter.


Peptides and proteins play an important role in skin health and well-being. They are also found to contribute to skin aging and melanogenesis. Microneedles have been shown to substantially enhance skin penetration and may offer an effective means of peptide delivery enhancement. The aim of this investigation was to assess the influence of microneedles on the skin penetration of peptides using fluorescence imaging to determine skin distribution. In particular the effect of peptide chain length (3, 4, 5 amino acid chain length) on passive and MN facilitated skin penetration was investigated. Confocal laser scanning microscopy was used to image fluorescence intensity and the area of penetration of fluorescently tagged peptides. Penetration studies were conducted on excised full thickness human skin in Franz type diffusion cells for 1 and 24 hours. A 2 to 22 fold signal improvement in microneedle enhanced delivery of melanostatin, rigin and pal-KTTKS was observed. To our knowledge this is the first description of microneedle enhanced skin permeation studies on these peptides.
Mohammed, Y. and Yamada, M. and Lin, L. and Grice, J. and Roberts, M. and Raphael, A. and Benson, H. et al. 2014. Microneedle Enhanced Delivery of Cosmeceutically Relevant Peptides in Human Skin. PLoS ONE. 9 (7): Article ID e101956.


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Q: inline CSS to align a social share icon I'm using social share buttons on my site from ShareThis. I'm having some alignment issues with the Facebook Like button.
See screenshot.

I'd like some direction on the syntax for incline CSS to help align or pad the Facebook line button so it aligns vertically with the others.
I tried many different combinations of doing this including adding style="padding-bottom:25px"
This is the HTML code provided by ShareThis:

Added these lines to bottom of file

A: As the max-height of all your spans are 32px at the most you should add this to your stylesheet
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Example
Please note it would probably be best to give all your spans a class and then style that rather than styling the span tag as above

A: Put code below on fb span:
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Q: shell script options pass through to sub-command I'm writing a wrapper script for that uses getopts to set various options for mysqldump. It's working well so far.
However one thing I would like to do is be able to add another option in my shell script, the contents of which should be passed to the mysqldump command exactly. Sort of like an options pass through like this:
./mysqldumpwrapper.sh -u username -p password -h localhost -o "--no-create-db --replace"
with the string content of the -o argument passed exactly through to my mysqldump command.
Because I'm using getopts when trying the above I get the following output:
Invalid option: --
Does anyone know how to work around this?
Is there a way to escape the entry of options so that getopts won't parse the contents as another option?
Then when it comes to triggering the actual command from my shell script, this is what I've got:
mysqldump "$OPTIONSPASSTHROUGH" --host=$MYSQL_HOST --user=$MYSQL_USER --password=$MYSQL_PASS "$DB" > "$FILE_DEST"
Because there may well be spaces in the OPTIONSPASSTHROUGH variable, I have quoted that variable in that command. Is that correct?

A: If you specify that -- marks the end of options and all following arguments will be passed through to the subcommand, you can do something like you might find in man getopts:
       aflag=
       bflag=
       while getopts ab: name
       do
           case $name in
           a)    aflag=1;;
           b)    bflag=1
                 bval="$OPTARG";;
           ?)   printf "Usage: %s: [-a] [-b value] args\n" $0
                 exit 2;;
           esac
       done
       if [ ! -z "$aflag" ]; then
           printf "Option -a specified\n"
       fi
       if [ ! -z "$bflag" ]; then
           printf 'Option -b "%s" specified\n' "$bval"
       fi
       shift $(($OPTIND - 1))
       printf "Remaining arguments are: %s\n$*"

Specifically I'm referring to the very end there - getopts stops processing options when it encounters -- so all of those arguments will remain in $@. In the example above all of getopts processed arguments are shifted away and the remaining are printed out all at once as $*. If you handle it similarly, you could make the following work:
/mysqldumpwrapper.sh \
    -u username \
    -p password \
    -h localhost \
    -- \
    -now --all of these --are passed through

And to call the wrapped application:
mysqldump "$@" \
    --host=$MYSQL_HOST \
    --user=$MYSQL_USER \
    --password=$MYSQL_PASS "$DB" \
> "$FILE_DEST"

A: One work-around would be:
... -o "x--no-create-db --replace"

# in the script:
option="${option#x}"

As a general rule: You should quote everything (that may be quoted).


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Installation of LR 6 from DVD on Windows 7 works fine, but after rebooting my computer, I can't use LR anymore. Same thing happens with Adobe Flash Player. Guess it's my computer's problem - but how can I solve it? This issue only appears with Adobe products.
Can you be more specific about what you mean when you say "I can't use LR anymore?" Is there any sort of error that appears when you attempt to start Lightroom? Do you see the splash screen, or doesn't it get that far?


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A super moist blueberry lemon bread recipe that is easy to make and topped with a delicious lemon glaze!
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x5 loaf pan with cooking spray and set aside.
2. In a small bowl, toss the blueberries with 1 tablespoon of the flour and set aside (this helps to prevent the blueberries from sinking).
3. In a large bowl, whisk together 2 cups of flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
4. In a separate bowl, mix together the oil, vanilla, eggs, sugar, greek yogurt, lemon zest, and lemon juice.
5. Combine the wet and dry ingredients, just until smooth. Do not overmix or your bread will come out tough.
6. Lightly fold the blueberries into the batter.
8. Once bread is finished, remove from oven and allow to cool for about 10 minutes in the loaf pan. Remove from loaf pan and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
2. Place croissant pieces in a 9 inch square pan. Sprinkle with blueberries.
3. Beat cream cheese, sugar, eggs, and vanilla in a medium bowl with electric mixer until well blended. Gradually add milk, beating well after each addition. Pour evenly over croissant pieces. Let stand 20 minutes or soak overnight.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 20 to 25 minutes or until set in center and golden brown.
Heat oven to 425°F. Whisk egg, sugar, flour, milk, extract and salt together until the batter is blended but lumpy; you can also do this in a blender. In a 12-inch ovenproof frying pan, melt butter. Add cherries and cook until warmed, about 2 minutes. Pour in batter and transfer to heated oven. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until golden brown and rumpled-looking.
Remove pancake from oven and quickly scatter with toasted almonds, dust with powdered sugar and drizzle lemon juice over. Serve in wedges, with or without a bit of real maple syrup.
* To toast the almond slices, spread them on a tray, bake them for 8 to 10 minutes at 350F, tossing them around once or twice for even color, and not taking them out until they're deeply golden brown. Make more than you'll need so you'll have them for use on lots of other yummy foods.
1. Grease a 9x13 pan with butter or spray with nonstick spray. Slice then cut the bread into cubes, about 1 inch in size. Spread cubes into the prepared baking pan and top evenly with blueberries. Set aside.
2. Whisk the eggs, milk, cinnamon, brown sugar, and vanilla together until no brown sugar lumps remain. Pour over the bread. Cover the pan tightly with plastic wrap and stick in the refrigerator for 3 hours overnight. Overnight is best.
3. Preheat oven to 350°F. Remove pan from the refrigerator.
4. Prepare the topping: Whisk the brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon together in a medium bowl. Cut in the cubed butter with a pastry blender or two forks. Sprinkle the topping over the soaked bread.
5. Bake for 45-55 minutes or until golden brown on top. Serve immediately.
Cover leftovers tightly and store in the refrigerator for 2-3 days.
6. Make ahead tip: Prepare the topping in advance, cover tightly, and store in the refrigerator. Sprinkle over the soaked bread before baking. For freezing, prepare the recipe through step 4 (without preheating the oven) and freeze for up to 2 months. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator then bake as directed.


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Reaching Jewish People in France During the Holocaust
Your Mission to the Jewish People has been reaching the Jewish people of France since the early 1930s and especially during the Holocaust period.
By the Second World War there were 300,000 Jews in France, 180,000 of whom lived in Paris. Some were French Jews who had lived in France for centuries, but the others were recent immigrants from Eastern and Central Europe and from Africa and Asia.
This vast number of immigrants captured the heart of the French Protestant Church, which began to grasp their responsibility to the Jews. Many Protestant churches were active in trying to minister to the needs of these Jewish people, both materially and spiritually, as reported by a global inter-mission organization called the Christian Approach to the Jews:
Over 100,000 Jews from other parts of Europe had moved to France since 1933 and the immigrations were stepping up at this time and so relief work for the Protestant and non-Aryan refugees is organized by a committee of the Federation Protestants de France.1
Chosen People Ministries, then known as the American Board of Missions to the Jews (ABMJ), was also beginning to work in France. The son of our founder, Joseph Hoffman Cohn, had a particular burden to help the Jews of France hear about Jesus. He also wanted to care for their physical needs, as the looming shadow of the coming Nazi terror was already known by many. Joseph Cohn and other Jewish ministry leaders saw the horror coming, but, of course, could not have imagined in their wildest dreams the extremes to which Hitler would go to destroy the Jewish people.
In the April 1936 edition of The Chosen People magazine, Cohn describes the work of Your Mission to the Jewish People during the early days of the Holocaust. He wrote:
I arranged with our honorary director in Paris, Pastor Henri Vincent, together with our missionary, André Frankel, to open up a relief station where we shall be able in the name of the Lord Jesus to bring immediate relief to substantial numbers of these destitute families. Our method is to give them tickets, which entitle each one a meal at a restaurant in the Jewish ghetto district of Paris down below the Bastille. These tickets will then be returned to us by the restaurant keeper and we will redeem them at the price of three and one-third francs per meal, about twenty-four cents in our money at the old rate of exchange. We will also provide, whenever we can, clothing, either by purchase or from gifts which Pastor Vincent will receive from friends in France. Pastor Vincent will also form a central committee, which will have charge of this relief work. Let us pray that this venture on our part will be used of God to bring a saving knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ into the hearts of many of those who now seem to have lost all hope. We must remind them that Israel's God still lives, and that He will send help when all else fails.2
The work of the ABMJ continued to grow in the period between the wars. The Paris edition of The Shepherd of Israel was available in Yiddish and French by 1936. Added to the staff in January 1938 were Mlles. Jermaine Mellon-Hollard and Salomon.
By the summer of 1940, the work of the Mission was forced to end and the missionaries were scattered. Cohn included a portion of a letter from Mrs. André Frankel, which provides us with a description of the tragedy of those days:
My dear director and friend,
My thoughts are so often with you, and I know you pray for us in our distress. I am at the above address with my mother after a terrible travel. We are here without money and luggage. We left Paris on June 10th. André decided to leave the day after and join us, but he never came. I have no news from him and I am in terrible anxiety. He may be in danger or in prison, and as the letters do not arrive from all the parts of France where the Germans are, I do not know what to do. No news from Jean Tangui and Pastor Vincent. And what about all our people we helped?
I think we shall be able to return to Paris in some weeks. In any case our work could be continued as soon as Paris will be free, but perhaps not exactly the same. Until that time our sadness is deep. The situation everywhere is and will be distressing. We have to pray to God more than ever and to accept to suffer much more as before.
Do write me at the above address at Royat, will you? I need to hear something from you. I hope you are well, believe me. Yours affectionately, Jermaine Frankel.3
Regular missionary efforts were becoming nearly impossible.
Cohn reported on the Chosen People Ministries efforts in Paris in a 1941 issue of The Chosen People magazine. It is evident from the report that there was deep concern for the fate of the Mission staff in Paris:
From Paris we hear nothing. This is the occupied area and there is no way for us to get money into Paris or for our beloved workers there to write letters to us. We have had some letters from third hand connections, in one case a Quaker lady with an American passport who had been able to get out of Paris and to reach the Atlantic seaport. She wrote us of the terrible suffering through which our workers are going and she bemoaned that there is no way for us to get help to them. We can only pray for André Frankel and for his good wife Jermaine and for that brave mother, and we must not forget to pray for Pastor Vincent who was in the beginning of the war at the battle front at Dunkirk and Bologna; through an indirect source we learn that he had been demobilized and was again back in Paris. 4
Of course, Cohn could not possibly have known the full impact of the Nazis' savagery against the Jewish people.
Finally, in 1944, Cohn added a note in his lead article of The Chosen People magazine. He wrote:
Praise the Lord! Just as we go to press, we must rearrange our forms to flash the news that has come to us this moment from Paris by way of a brother in the Lord. Henri Vincent is alive. And praise be to His name, our beloved Jewish missionary whose name we cannot give you at this time (but you all know who he is) is alive! Here is one paragraph only from the letter we received.
"Pastor Vincent of Paris has been used of the Lord in hiding the above Jewish pastor in his building in order to keep him from falling into the hands of the Germans. Many Jewish families have been kept from German torture through the fine work of Vincent and the members of the Baptist Church of Paris. What has been done by these Baptists has also been done by other Christians of other Protestant churches all throughout France and Belgium. One of these days a story can be told of how the Lord's work continued during the past four years." 5
The following letter from Jermaine Melon-Frankel printed in the December 1944 issue of The Chosen People magazine gave more of the details:
My dear director and friend, It is such a blessing to be able to write again after these terrible years. I do hope you are well. Give me your news. Here in Paris we are safe, Vincent as well as my husband, our little girl, myself and all the staff. Our work among Jews was never stopped. But we saw our people secretly and André did not live at home, but went to hide himself in three different places in friends' homes. During this time the police came twice at home to arrest him, but he was not here, and all was well. And now is a splendid liberation! André is at home again and all the work begins again. We have now to see so many new people who are waiting for the gospel. We shall send a full report as soon as the correspondence with the U.S. will be possible again. With all our affection and gratitude. 6
Cohn reported what proved to be the beginnings of a unique post-Holocaust ministry among the Jewish people of France and of all Europe. Chosen People Ministries' post-war ministry in Paris was an expression of the nature of our ministry from the very beginning: a deep concern for the spiritual well-being of the Jewish people, of course, but also a deep concern for the physical well-being of each individual Jewish person and for the Jewish community as well:
Many of the refugees from the Nazi persecutions know that our mission in Paris is to be the rallying center when the war is finished for Jewish wanderers in exile. And there they hoped once more to meet their loved ones. The address of our Paris mission is in the pockets and memories of thousands of these unwanted Jews as they now hide themselves in the forests and the hills, behind the rocks, from Nazi hunters.7
Cohn again wrote regarding the post-war plans for the ABMJ center in Paris:
Perhaps we should just say by way of reminder that France will soon be open to us and we want to meet the barest needs of that desolated country when the war is done. We want to reestablish homes, we want to reunite families, we want to gather a much larger staff to headquarters in Paris. As we told you in a previous issue, God wonderfully preserved our workers through all the Nazi occupation and we cannot praise Him enough for his goodness to us.8
1 Minutes of European Sectional meeting IMCCAJ 1940:4
2 April 1936 edition of The Chosen People magazine
3 CP 1940c:2
4 CP 1941a, 5:14
5 CP 1944c, 2:21
6 CP 1944d, 3:13
7 CP 1944b, 8:5-6
8 CP 1945a, 5:9
Celebrating our Deliverance in the Messiah
April 18, 2017 /0 Comments/in Holocaust News, Newsletters /by Abraham Vazquez
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An Interview with a Holocaust Survivor
December 8, 2016 /0 Comments/in Newsletters /by Abraham Vazquez
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See the Bible Through Jewish Eyes – June 2016
Inside Israel – June

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This will continue to be the case even if the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 29 March.
We have been working to incorporate the ESPD questions into the existing eTenderWales toolset. We originally explored the possibility of using the questions (used in the Scottish eTendering tool) for Wales as this would have been a quick solution. However, the differences between the Scottish and Welsh versions were significantly different, so this is no longer an option.
We are now working with Jaegger, (previously BravoSolution), to incorporate the Sell2wales question set into the eTenderwales toolset. We will update you as this work progresses.


I was TTC for 4 years. And absolutely nothing has changed. After medical examination doctors said that my analyses were fine and the problem lay in my partner. Together with my husband we have tried almost everything from herbal treatment, different pills and vitamins to yoga. We were told that smth had to help us and we just had to do it regularly and believe in it. You see, when you cant get pregnant for 4 years putting a lot of efforts into this, devoting the whole life to it, you're ready to believe in everything what can hypothetically help. Our couple wasn't an exception. At the same time a lot of my friends and colleagues became parents. Indeed I was emotionally over because of my feelings then. I was so jealous of my friends' happiness. Every time I realized that it was like "What're you doing right now? They're your best friends, everyone of them is ready to lend a helping hand while you think that deserve a baby more than any of them". And now I'm not even sure what exactly person I am. When you try so hard and don't succeed, it is very complicated. You start looking for some hidden problems inside you. After some time my husband came home and said that he was going to leave me because he met other woman which got pregnant. A blow under the belt... My life was ruined. Of course we got divorced. I know women that forgave the unfaithfulness of their husbands but for me personally it is impossible. So, now I'm single and appealingly infertile. Nobody knows why. But I want a baby sooooooooo much. Since childhood I loved children like nobody else. My doctor advised me to use modern reproductive methods like ICSI/IVF. But I don't even know whether it is possible for single women... I don't know for sure what to do.
I'm newbie to this particular forum but I fortunately found people who think the same way at the first onset. My husband was an entrepreneur and had businesses in a number of countries. His life included a lot of travelling and once he managed to find a better place to live. Now I'm 41 single. My friends and relatives are constantly moaning that I had to do it much earlier. And now I probably understand what they meant. So sorry for you, zena300.
I'm looking for some consultation or advice what to do and what chances I have at all.
Thank you. I am getting accustomed to living without my ex already. menchos, you just need some more time to forget all that. throw all things triggering associations with him away. That will help. It helped me at least.
I'm starting a new life without him. He is not a part of my life anymore. And he won't be for sure. A lot of changes came over me and as I see all this - it is good. I won't have anyone get in my road.
As for ivf. Such forums really help. I found information that iui can be used when at least one of the tube is ok. icsi and ivf are close to each other but icsi is used when partner's sperm is of bad quality or quantity. That's not a problem. Now it's time to decide which clinic to contact. Perhaps someone is aware of this?
Great. Thank you. Now it is at least possible to gain insight into divergences. I've been going through various medical examinations and tests since last week to find out why I can't get pregnant. Doctors are a bit confused and don't even try to conceal the fact. It's more than likely that my diagnosis would be unexplained infertility. As I understood I can use IVF in this case.
As for clinics. Do you consider other countries as possible variants or only homeland? There are dozens of stories, cases and recommendations on forums. I narrowed my own list down to 3 countries in EU. I'm planning to decide upon this till the end of the week and getting in touch with clinic as soon as possible. I wish I was done with all these. The sooner the better. 4 years after all.
Sorry for being so late. Have you decided finally? I'm thinking about EU countries too. I happen to be there quite often on business. Please, keep me informed if you've already got in touch with any clinic. I'm not going to draw out to a great length this too.
This heartbreaking story brought tears to my eyes! I can only encourage you to not abandon the fight. Be brave !


The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety [IIHS] has tested five cars that are available with these two systems.
This comment alone must give us all pause for thought about the extent to which drivers are going to overestimate the capabilities of various features which will increasingly be added to future cars. Such overestimation is inevitably going to result in unnecessary deaths — seemingly a 'Catch 22' scenario.
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I'm trying to wrap my brain around the week I've just concluded with the fine people of the Fujairah Colleges in the United Arab Emirates. The workshops were held at the Fujairah Women's College but also included faculty from the Fujairah Men's College as they immersed themselves into a week of professional development activities during Independent Learning Week (sort of like Spring Break, except that the students work on individual projects and the faculty are not on leave – so really not like Spring Break at all).
Much of the time was used looking at how Web 2.0 tools can be used by faculty to create engaging content for their courses as well as possible uses for student assignments or group projects that are facilitated through the use of web-based technologies. I spent much of the time with the same cohort of faculty who are working on the development of a laptop program at the college. A few other sessions were open to various other interested parties at the colleges.
Fujairah is located on the Gulf of Oman and is about a 90-minute drive from Dubai which is located to the east on the Persian Gulf. Fujairah is mostly mountainous, and quite beautiful. One of the most amazing experiences for me was finding that the city is an incredible melting pot of people from all over the world. At the Fujairah Colleges alone, the faculty come from more than 30 different countries. I spent quite a bit of time getting to know Andrew Scholtz who is from South Africa and Peter Hatherley-Greene who hails from New Zealand. Talk about global education – here you live it!
and decided to leave Minnesota back in 2006 and move his family to the Emirates (story here). The accomplishments that Mark and his staff have achieved at these colleges are very impressive and he will undoubtedly be missed here in Fujairah when he returns to Minnesota at the end of the academic year.
This trip far exceeded my wildest dreams. The workshops were fun, seeing a new culture and country was fun, but by far the best part was all the great people I met here during the week. Really outstanding.


Gunki Tipsy-S Lures are tiny with a shad type tail. Measuring less than 4 centimetres each (38mm to be precise) these baits have a nervous wriggling action that is ideal for ultra-light styles on freshwater and snag fishing. The body shape is wider than it is long which helps give the bait stability particularly when fished drop shotting or on extra light jigheads.
The body is not totally solid but built like a skeleton with rings of material round a central spine which give the bait great freedom of movement either on still or straight back style retrieves. Perch and trout will find this lure easy to take.


Looks like two jtm 45s, a super lead and a friedman. Is this correct? The tone is amazing!
Note as he walks around that none of them are plugged in! The Friedman is even on standby.
Joe in those years was using a wireless pack.
Wireless or not, none of those amps have anything going into the input. Not that I can see in that video anyhow and they do pan through the amps.
When I saw him in Montreal on May 8, 2013, he had a Friedman head, a Suhr head and two vintage Marshall heads. I've read that, for that tour (2013), he actually used two Marshall JCM 2000 DSL heads and cabs behind the backline, backs to the audience, miked up for the FOH sound, green channel, tone knobs set flat and drive courtesy of a TS-808. I'll see if I can find where I read this (actually read this in a couple of places). I do remember Joe running to the small box Marshall on stage nearest the drummer to make a quick adjustment during one of the encores, so I guess at least that one was plugged in. As I recall (and I may be wrong), the other amps were either not plugged in or on standby.
Here is his own recommendation of a similar DSL rig from this forum!


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Priest reviews McNamara, From Tavern to Courthouse: Architecture and Ritual in American Law, 1658-1860
Martha J. McNamara, From Tavern to Courthouse: Architecture and Ritual in American Law, 1658–1860 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004) is reviewed in the Law and History Review by Claire Priest, Northwestern University. Priest writes:
From Tavern to Courthouse examines the legal history of early Massachusetts th rough the lens of courthouse architecture. It describes an emerging professional legal bar struggling to elevate its prestige through the construction of increasingly specialized and dignified spaces for court proceedings. The strength of the book lies in its visual images and in the anecdotal descriptions of physical spaces and rituals that McNamara culled from primary materials. The book contains what is likely to remain a definitive collection of photographs and drawings of the courthouses built in Massachusetts between the mid-seventeenth century and the mid-nineteenth century. The numerous anecdotes peppered throughout the book—often comments by major historical figures like Samuel Sewall and John Adams—provide a fascinating glimpse into how architecture and ritual were experienced by participants in the system.
McNamara uncovers three broad phases in the evolution of the legal system during the period she studies. The most important discovery of the book is that, prior to the late eighteenth century, court proceedings took place in "townhouses": multipurpose buildings located in town centers that contained mixed-use space for commercial and government activities. In the typical townhouse, merchants and shopkeepers used the first floor as a market exchange. The second floor contained multi-purpose rooms that accommodated, at various times, civil, criminal, and probate courts, town meetings, and public land title and mortgage records. Judicial business in the form of jury deliberations and decision making by individual justices of the peace often spilled over into local taverns.
As McNamara notes, the townhouse design reveals the close connections between commercial interests and the legal system in early America. In Boston, part of a merchant's daily routine was to "walk the exchange" at the townhouse, which meant to literally walk around the market gathering information about market developments (such as ships arriving and departing, new regulations, and market conditions). These merchants were likely to have frequent encounters with the justices of the peace, clerks, and legislators who performed their duties on the second floor of the building and, again, who often moved to taverns to deliberate as members of a jury or to execute deeds and decide cases as justices of the peace.
Although not emphasized by McNamara, the townhouse is terrific evidence that a central function of the colonial legal system was to generate reputational and economic information about individuals in the community. Why was the courthouse placed above the merchants' exchange? One reason is that the design made sense in a society, like that of the American colonies, in which most economic transactions involved relations of indebtedness and extensions of credit were a primary form of investment for people with resources. News of the daily court judgments, the recording of mortgages, and judicial decisions related to the probate of wills and inheritance were the contemporary equivalent of a ticker tape charting the status of one's investments. The information generated at court was market information as important as the information gleaned from the merchants' exchange.
In such a society, reputation was possibly a person's most valuable asset and shame sanctions were an effective form of punishment. Surprisingly, McNamara does not examine in detail how the architecture of townhouses included prominent spaces allocated for the administration of shame sanctions. In a conjectural drawing of the 1658 Boston townhouse included in the book (fig. 1.1), the whipping post and pillory are placed prominently in front of and visible from the merchants' exchange. One law in effect during the mid-seventeenth century (not mentioned by McNamara), for example, penalized the altering of public mortgage records with either two months in jail or two hours in the pillory at the merchants' exchange with a sign "Defacer of Records" over one's head. A discussion of the relationship between shaming sanctions and architecture would have enriched her account.
McNamara instead emphasizes that, from the perspective of lawyers and others involved in the legal system, the architecture of the townhouse suffered from one principal weakness: its mixed-use spaces did little to elevate their standing and, therefore, "the weight of communicating judicial authority fell primarily to the justices and to their court rituals" (11). Without dignified architecture, legal actors had to emphasize protocol and rituals, such as horn-blowing, costumes, and processionals to gain legitimacy. Heavy emphasis on protocol and costume, however, was not always effective. In his description of the famous Writs of Assistance case that mobilized support for the American Revolution, John Adams described the judges as wearing dress "more solemn and more pompous than that of the Roman Senate when the Gauls broke in upon them" (59).
Images: Ames Tavern in Dedham, Suffolk Courthouse.
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Will Smallbone has represented Ireland at U18 and U19 level
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Eastchester Covenant, 1665 (2)
Eastchester Covenant, 1665
The Eastchester Covenant is the town's most treasured document. Crafted in 1665, it survives in the form of a 1668 copy, handwritten by Richard Shute, the first town recorder. Once read, it becomes clear why "Keeping the Covenant" is the appropriate theme to mark the community's 350th Anniversary.
The covenant was signed between 1665 and 1682 by 24 Puritan men who with their families were the original settlers of the town of "East Chester." A civil covenant, the document created a framework for the governance of the fledgling community. Its paragraphs fell generally into categories related to the conduct of public affairs, community life, ownership and management of the land, moral principles, agricultural matters, and public safety. Elements of Eastchester's agreement ranged from commitments to plainly deal with each other and to provide for the education of children to requirements that each man should fence his farm land and that one day every spring would be set aside for the "destroying of rattlesnakes."
One of approximately 60 surviving civil covenants written in the New England and New York colonies between 1620 and 1708, Eastchester's seems to be the only extant one from a town in the New York colony. By the time this document was written, civil covenants increasingly focused on practical concerns rather than on religious matters. While the spelling and grammar exhibited here is not uniform, Eastchester's Covenant and the early society that it fostered laid the foundation for a town that respects its citizenry and where the spirit of voluntarism thrives. May it continue to be kept!
The theme for the 350th Anniversary Celebration "Keeping the Covenant" is aptly described by Town Historian Richard Forliano as "emphasizing that for 350 years Eastchester has been a community dedicated to the principle that the town would 'keep and maintain…love —and civil honesty—and plainly deal with each other."
You are invited to view it here in its original form (PDF) and as transcribed below.
Eastchester Covenant Transcribed
We by the grace of god settle on this land between Hutchinson's Brook where the house was until it comes to the river that runs in at the head of the meadow.
That we keep and maintain Christian love and civil honesty.
That we help and counsel each other.
To deal with one another in Christian love.
If any trespassing is done, the trespassed and trespasser will try to work out the matter. If need be a third party will be called in to end the matter, without any further trouble.
That all of us pay the minister according to his need.
That no one has more than fifteen acres, until all have that quantity.
That every man has a meadow that is convenient for him.
That every man build and live in his home before next winter.
No man is to sell his lot before he has lived on it for one year, and to sell it to the company or to a man they approve.
Any man may sell part of his land to a neighbor.
That no man buy his neighbor's lot for his particular interest, but with respect to sell it if an approved man comes and is judged by the company
That all public affairs, bridges, highways, or mill be carried on jointly according to meadow or estate.
That provision be made for the education of the children.
No man shall entertain a foreigner who is obnoxious. This is amended after a warning is given.
That all shall join in guarding the cattle when the company sees it to be convenient.
That every man build and maintain a fence around his house.
That every man sow his land when most of the company sow or plant in their field.
That we give encouragement to Mr. Brewster each week to give us a good word, and when we are settled we meet together every other week for one hour to talk about good things.
That one man, either of himself or by consent give entertainment to strangers for money.
That one day every spring be chosen for the destroying of rattle snakes.
That some men stay at home on the Lord's Day for the safety of our wives and children.
That every man as soon as he can get and keep a good lock on his door.
That a convenient place be appointed for oxen if it is required.
If a man's meadow be of bad quality, it be considered in the quantity.
That every man that has taken up lots shall pay all public charges equal to those that have none.
That all who or shall take up lots within this track of land mentioned shall subscribe to these articles.
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You can use any combination of colors you like for your birds. This is an ideal knit-from-stash project because it uses small amounts of many different colors, and as long as they are of similar weights, they don't need to be the same yarn. For the branch and leaf colors, 100 yards is more than enough, and for the other colors, 50 yards each is plenty. If you wanted to buy yarn for the project, you could substitute Wool of the Andes in Chocolate, Daffodil, Hollyberry and Winter Night for the Lamb's Pride, the Cascade 220, the Swish Superwash and the now discontinued Blueberry colorway, and the total project cost would be under $20, even with the dowel rod.
Note: Gauge is not critical for this project, but it is important to work more tightly than receommended ball band gauge for yarns used. This will produce a firm fabric, which will help pieces maintain their shape and prevent stuffing from leaking out.
In the mobile shown, each bird uses five different colors: one color each for the body (including tail), body stripe, head, beak and wings.
The chart at right lists the colours used for each of these parts of each bird. The pattern will refer to 'body color', 'stripe color', etc.
This technique may be used to avoid the jog that happens at the beginning of a round, when stripes are worked in the round.
Step 1: Work first round of new color.
Step 3: Knit first st of second round together with st that has been lifted onto left needle, then continue knitting as usual.
Instructions for working a French Knot can be found here.
With body color, using Crochet Cast On or other provisional cast on method and leaving a tail approx. 18 inches long, CO 24 sts onto double-point needles.
Divide sts between needles and join to begin working in the round, being careful not to twist.
Round 5: [K1, ssk, k6, k2tog, k1] twice. 20 sts.
Round 8: [K1, ssk, k4, k2tog, k1] twice. 16 sts.
Rounds 9-15: K all sts.
K first 4 sts of next round. This point (center of bird's back) will now be beginning of round; redistribute sts as needed. Join stripe color, leaving a tail approx. 18 inches long.
Body is worked in 2-round stripes, using body color and stripe color. To avoid jog at beginning of each stripe, use 'Jogless Stripe' technique (see Pattern Notes). Carry yarn not in use up inside of work. When beginning a new stripe, be sure to bring the new color up from under the old color; this will twist the strands, preventing holes from forming at color-change points.
Color used for each round is indicated in brackets next to round number. See color chart in Pattern Notes.
Rounds 1-2 [Stripe]: K all sts.
Round 3 [Body]: K all sts.
Round 4 [Body]: [K2, m1, k4, m1, k2] twice. 20 sts.
Rounds 5-6 [Stripe]: K all sts.
Round 7 [Body]: K all sts.
Round 8 [Body]: [K3, m1, k4, m1, k3] twice. 24 sts.
Rounds 9-10 [Stripe]: K all sts.
Round 11 [Body]: K all sts.
Round 12 [Body]: [K4, m1, k4, m1, k4] twice. 28 sts.
Rounds 13-14 [Stripe]: K all sts.
Round 15 [Body]: K all sts.
Rounds 17-18 [Stripe]: K all sts.
Rounds 19-20 [Body]: K all sts.
Rounds 21-22 [Stripe]: K all sts.
Round 23 [Body]: K all sts.
Round 24 [Body]: [K5, k2tog, k2, ssk, k5] twice. 28 sts.
Round 25 [Stripe]: K all sts.
Round 26 [Stripe]: [K4, k2tog, k2, ssk, k4] twice. 24 sts.
Round 27 [Body]: K all sts.
Round 28 [Body]: [K3, k2tog, k2, ssk, k3] twice. 20 sts.
Round 29 [Stripe]: K all sts.
Round 30 [Stripe]: [K2, k2tog, k2, ssk, k2] twice. 16 sts.
Rounds 31-32 [Body]: K all sts.
Round 1: Using head color, k all sts.
Break body color. Knot body color tail together with head color tail, forming knot very close to inner surface of work. Cut knotted ends, leaving tails approx. 1 inch long; tuck these tails inside body. Break stripe color and secure end inside work.
Continue in head color as follows.
Round 2: [K2, m1, k4, m1, k2] twice. 20 sts.
Rounds 3-8: K all sts.
This is a good time to embroider the eyes onto the head of the bird, as you have access to both sides of the fabric. Working approx. 2 rows back from row currently on needles, use black yarn or embroidery floss to work French knots (see schematic below for placement). See Pattern Notes for link to directions for French knots. If you haven't worked a French knot before, you may wish to practice on a swatch before you begin.
Round 9: [K2, k2tog, k1] four times. 16 sts.
Round 10: [K1, k2tog, k1] four times. 12 sts.
Round 11: [K2tog, k1] four times. 8 sts.
Round 1: Using beak color, k all sts.
Break head color. Knot head color tail together with beak color tail, forming knot very close to inner surface of work. Cut knotted ends, leaving a tail approx. 1 inch long; tuck these inside head. Continue in beak color as follows.
Round 4: [K2tog] four times. 4 sts.
Break yarn and draw through all sts, pull tight.
Shape beak to a nice point and draw yarn end to inside of head. Turning bird inside out, tighten knots, trim and secure ends as needed, leaving long tails at beginning of stripe color and body color.
Turn bird right side out. Stuff head and body, but not tail. Use long tail of stripe color to sew body closed at point where body joins tail; sew top of body to bottom of body in a straight line, so that tail is flattened out at base (see photos). Sew in remaining end of stripe color.
Carefully remove waste yarn from CO end, placing resulting live sts on needles; place first 12 sts one one needle, and last 12 sts on another needle. When needles are held together, tail should lay flat. Graft sts on first needle to sts on second needle. Sew in remaining end.
Using wing color and double-point needles, CO 19 sts, leaving a tail approx. 18 inches long. Divide sts between needles and join to begin working in the round, being careful not to twist.
Rounds 1-5: K all sts.
Round 6: K7, k2tog, k1, ssk, k7. 17 sts.
Rounds 7-10: K all sts.
Round 11: K6, k2tog, k1, ssk, k6. 15 sts.
Rounds 12-14: K all sts.
Round 15: K5, k2tog, k1, ssk, k5. 13 sts.
Round 16: K all sts.
Round 17: K4, k2tog, k1, ssk, k4. 11 sts.
Round 19: K3, k2tog, k1, ssk, k3. 9 sts.
Round 20: K2, k2tog, k1, ssk, k2. 7 sts.
Round 21: K1, k2tog, k1, ssk, k1. 5 sts.
Shape wing to a nice point and draw yarn end to inside of piece. Weave in end, but leave long tail at beginning of wing.
Knit another wing in the same way.
Flatten wings, folding so that decrease line forms fold at one side of wing. This decrease-line fold will form back edge of wing. Use yarn tails to sew wings to sides of body (see photos), ensuring that decrease-line folds are correctly positioned toward back of bird.
Using MC and double-point needle, CO 6 sts. Work I-Cord until piece measures 15.5 inches. Break yarn, draw through all sts and pull tight. This piece will be Branch 1.
Make 12 leaves using CC1, and 12 using CC2. Leaves are worked back and forth in garter st. Although [RS] and [WS] rows are indicated in directions, leaves are reversible.
Using smaller (straight) needles, CO 1 st.
Row 1 [RS]: Kfb. 2 sts.
Row 2 [WS]: Kfb, k1. 3 sts.
Row 3 [RS]: Kfb, kfb, k1. 5 sts.
Row 4 [WS]: K all sts.
Row 5 [RS]: K1, kfb, kfb, k2. 7 sts.
Rows 6-13: K all sts.
Row 14 [WS]: K1, ssk, k1, k2tog, k1. 5 sts.
Rows 15-17: K all sts.
Row 18 [WS]: Ssk, k1, k2tog. 3 sts.
Row 19 [RS]: K all sts.
Break yarn and draw through remaining st. Weave in tail at end of leaf, but leave tail at beginning (CO end).
Cut four pieces of dowel, with the following lengths: 15 inches, 12 inches, 10 inches and 7.5 inches. These correspond to Branches 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Lightly sand cut ends of dowel. Insert lengths of dowel into I-cord branches, sewing end of each branch closed using yarn tail at CO end.
Use attached yarn tails to sew three leaves to each end of each branch. Weave in and trim all ends.
Using MC, work crochet chains of the following lengths, leaving tails at least 4 inches long at the beginning and end of each chain. Measure lengths of chains when stretched; chains will stretch when piece is hung, so measuring length when stretched will give a better indication of final results.
Note about ceiling heights: This mobile measures 42 inches in height when fully assembled, which works well for high ceilings (10 feet or higher). If you prefer a shorter mobile, reduce the length of the chains. Reducing each chain by 1 inch will make a mobile 37 inches in height, and reducing each by 2 inches will make a mobile 32 inches in height.
Wrap the end of one of the mid-length chains around your index finger to create a loop at the end. Use the tail of yarn to sew the loop securely. Weave in and trim the end. Repeat for the other end of the chain. This chain, with a loop at each end, should measure approx. 8.5 inches when stretched. Form loops at each end of remaining three mid-length chains in the same way.
Form a loop at one end of each short chain. Sew free end of each short chain to the back of a bird, sewing through several stitches to avoid stretching fabric out of shape. Weave in ends; be sure to try hanging bird from chain before sewing in ends, to ensure that the bird will hang in a pleasing way.
Form a loop at one end of long chain, and sew remaining end to back of remaining bird.
To attach the top of a chain to a branch, fold the loop at the top of the chain over, then pull some of the chain through the loop, forming an adjustable loop. (If you've ever used a yo-yo, this will be familiar to you.) Slide the adjustable loop over the end of a branch, past the leaves, then pull to tighten.
In this way, assemble mobile as shown in diagram, using mid-length chains to connect branches. After each step, dangle the assembled piece to see if it is balanced; adjust positions of pieces as needed.
- Beginning at the bottom, hang two birds on the shortest branch (branch 4).
- Hang branch 4 from the end of branch 3, then hang another bird from the other end of branch 3.
- Hang branch 3 from the end of branch 2, then hang another bird from the other end of branch 2.
- Fasten a chain around the center of branch 1. Hang branch 2 from the end of branch 1, then hang another bird from the other end of branch 1.
Dangle mobile to see if it is balanced; adjust positions of pieces as needed. Once all pieces are placed and mobile is balanced, tighten loops. These may be sewn in place if desired, but for mobile shown, pulling the loops tightly was sufficient to keep everything in place.
Meg likes to knit toys (and other stuff, too). She has two daughters, one son, five nieces and a husband who is a kid at heart, so there's always someone ready to adopt the toys she knits. She's also a grad student in evolutionary biology and once had her research featured on The Colbert Report. That was cool, but she thinks having a pattern published in Knitty is even better!
Her Ravelry name is meggles and she blogs here.


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Posted by Samantha Ross
Switzerland has already kicked off their 2012 National Selection Process, and will be picking their official Eurovision entrant on December 10th (only a week or so after Junior Eurovision wraps up in Yerevan, so there's no time for withdrawal). The country, however, being a land of four official languages, isn't making their selection process a simple one. There are four official pre-Preselections representing German-language radio station DRS3 (who picked three songs via an internal jury), German-language television SF (who will pick six finalists via a 50/50 jury/web vote), French-based station RTS (who will pick 3 songs via an online/jury split vote), and Italian-speaking RSI (who is currently holding a Pre-Pre-Preselection…the public can vote on the two songs that will join five others already selected by an internal jury; only two of those seven will advance to the united Swiss Preselection). Many of these voting windows will be closing over the next few days, so feel free to check them out soon! (Non-Swiss votes are accepted, but the Italian and German polls require registration.)
Nearly 250 songs have been submitted to the four pre-preselections, and it's quite a lot to slog through! Plus, some of the songs have been submitted to more than one selection in the hopes of making it through to the nationwide-rounds. Adding to the confusion is the fact that Switzerland is one of the few places where non-Swiss singers can submit entries, regardless of citizenship, residency, or family history. This year, singers from South Africa, the United States, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Malta, and other nations have submitted entries, hoping to be 2012's answer to Céline Dion.
Are you confused yet? Yeah, me too. In the hopes of clarifying the process, let me point out a few standouts, with a special eye on artists coming from abroad:
Cross-listed in both the French and German selections are a trio of Canadian/Swiss-Canadian standouts: Katherine St-Laurent's "Wrong to Let You Go", Marie-Elaine Thibert & Etienne Drapeau's "Demande-Moi (You Can Ask Me)", and Sosofluo's "Quande je ferme les yeux". Katherine is an alumna of "Canadian Idol", and both Marie-Elaine and Etienne have appeared on Quebec's "Star Académie", so they both have a bit of experience with televised competition under their belts. But there's something about Sosofluo's sweet, genuine nature that really grabbed my attention. She's not as quirky as Lena or Getter Jaani, but not as serious as Anna Rossinelli or Anna Bergendahl…a nice balance, all wrapped up in an accessible, singer-songwritery package.
The largest of the pre-Preselections, sponsored by SF, has attracted quite a lot of attention. In fact, the Grande Dame of Eurovision herself, Lys Assia, has submitted a song written by Ralph Siegel (who has written 19 songs for the ESC, not even counting his preselection entries). "C'etait ma vie (It was my life)" is a wistful counterpoint to "Refrain", the song that she took to victory back in 1956. Considering that Lys is now 85 years old, she looks and sounds pretty great, but is her legacy enough to put her through to Baku?
On the other side of the musical spectrum is American Ultra Naté's "My Love". Fans of '90s house music might recognize her from her hit "Free", or her collaboration with Amber and Jocelyn Henriquez, "If You Could Read My Mind". Some might call this style of dance-pop "dated", but when put next to Lys Assia and Ralph Siegel, you realize that the term "dated" is completely relative! I fully admit, this created a "sing-into-the-hairbrush" moment for me, something that Kati Wolf and Magdalena Tul also inspired. Take that as you will…
Also coming from across the pond is Taryn Murphy, who is better-known as a songwriter for artists like Ani Lorak and Sergey Lazarev. Singing her own composition, "It's Over", Taryn's song reminds me of Safura's "Drip Drop", Nikki Kavanaugh's "Falling", and Maja Keuc's "No One". If you're a fan of this sort of R&B-influenced pop, you might consider sending your votes her way.
South Africa, which is a surprising hotbed of Eurovision fandom, has three artists on the candidate list this year, with one of them, Romanz, being personally touted by the head of OGAE Rest of the World (in all honesty, though, their entry is not my style, and I feel that it's too similar to middling popera entries from past ESCs). My personal favorite by far out of the three, though, is Heinz Winckler's "Who You Really Are". Heinz, the winner of South Africa's first season of "Idol" (and 4th-place in "World Idol"), is no stranger to the Eurovision scene; he also covered Denmark's 2009 entry, "Believe Again", into Afrikaans.
Looking a bit more locally, Zürich-based band Newland's rock track "Believers" caught my attention. It has the "save the world" message that is so prevalent in Eurovision songs, but with a bit more snark and bite. The hook is catchy, and it's easy to find yourself bobbing your head along to it.
I completely recognize that my taste isn't universal, and that there are literally hundreds of other entries this year that might end up in Baku…what are some of your favorites that I might have missed?
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Where Things Stand: NFL Edition Part 3
Written by Sean Fitzgerald on November 27, 2019
Three-fourths of the 2019 NFL season has passed and with that comes the third installment of Where Things Stand: NFL Edition. We finally have some clarity on some teams and less so on others. And no, I didn't get the mulligan or time machine I asked for last time!
If you're a new reader, welcome to this adventurous wonderland of a series! If you're a returning reader, welcome back! By now, you returners should know the drill: humor, snark and analysis. That's how we roll here!
I also encourage new readers to go back to Part 1 and Part 2 to pick up on some references that will be used here and have been since the start.
Enough talk. Let's get to the article.
Patriots: 4-0 | Part 2: 8-0 | Part 3: 10-1
Buffalo: 3-1 | Part 2: 5-2 | Part 3: 8-3
NY Jets: 0-3 | Part 2: 1-6 | Part 3: 4-7
Miami: 0-4 | Part 2: 0-7 | Part 3: 2-9
State of the AFC East:
-Oh no! The Patriots lost a game… How tragic! May we weep for their suffering and comfort them with warm blankets and turkey stuffing… Said NO ONE EVER!!!
New England is good, yes. However, glaring holes have been exposed since going up against Lamar Jackson and a low scoring affair against a shaky Eagles secondary in Week 11. Even Tom Brady had one of his shortest pressers EVER following the win over the Eagles.
Call it reckless speculation, and maybe I'm reading too much into it, but I am starting to see the pathway out of New England for Brady, but I doubt he'll take it.
-Please tell me Buffalo is 8-3! Please tell me they lost in Week 12 to follow the trend of the last two articles!
*Checks results*
Well, they are 8-3, but they did it in reverse this time. Instead of losing a game before each new article of this series, they lost a game following the last article.
Still, the Bills, barring a collapse, are getting a wild card and will get swiftly knocked out depending on who they face in the wild card round (Kansas City anyone?). Still, they are better than some other teams that are starting quarterbacks from the 2018 draft class.
-THE JETS LOST TO THE DOLPHINS!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Oh boy, I will not let you off the hook for that one unless you shred the Bungals. Dysfunction at it's finest, ladies and gentlemen!
Oh wait, you've actually won three games since last time. What?!
-The meme is dead! LONG LIVE THE… Wait wha!?!?? OH. MY. GOD. The Dolphins won two games… In a row! Well, no more LOLphins. They have also destroyed their tank for Tua (or Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert or Jalen Hurts, etc).
Speaking of Tua…
Well, Nick Saban kept his golden goose in too long versus Mississipi State, and Tua sustained a big hip injury. You better hope that it's not anything Bo Jackson-esque!
Well, I guess you can take Chase Young as a consolation prize. Either way, we will not see the two sides of perfect in Miami come to pass this year.
Baltimore: 2-2 | Part 2: 5-2 | Part 3: 9-2
Pittsburgh: 1-3 | Part 2: 3-4 | Part 3: 6-5
Cleveland: 2-2 | Part 2: 2-5 | Part 3: 5-6
Cincinnati: 0-4 | Part 2: 0-8 | Part 3: 0-11
State of the AFC North:
-The Ravens beat New England, and I don't know whether to be impressed or continue my "Lamar Jackson is not a fully-fledged franchise quarterback yet" argument. Yes, he beat New England's good defense with his legs AND his arm.
That sentence was written following the thrashing of the Patriots. He did it again to the J.J. Watt-less Texans too (still a good defense). This adds substance to him being a potential franchise QB, but I still need a little more proof.
However, Jackson is starting to prove me wrong as his Ravens have rattled off seven straight wins following the Week 4 loss to the Browns. He still has some tough tests ahead of him though to confirm the vision of the faithful.
Speaking of tough tests of faith…
-*Fitz.exe reboot complete*
Ok, we're back and… OKAY, yeah, no.
Sigh… Let's get into this whole Browns-Steelers debacle.
I thought the emergency article following the Denver loss would be the end of things after an ugly win over Buffalo and the first 59 minutes of the win against the Steelers.
However, that last minute of the 60 is what ruined the taste of winning against the Ravens and Steelers in the same season since the Browns came back as an expansion franchise in 1999 with the only "positive" being the reignition of the rivalry.
Larry Ogunjobi got one game, and Maurkice Pouncey got a well-deserved three games before getting a game knocked off on appeal. And then, there were the two main culprits: Myles Garrett was dumb in swinging Mason Rudolph's helmet at him after being provoked by a groin kick and Rudolph tugging at Garrett's helmet. Now, Garrett has to serve an indefinite suspension, which was upheld on appeal, and he will meet with Commissioner Roger Goodell to apply for reinstatement in the offseason.
At his appeal, Garrett dropped a bombshell that Rudolph dropped a racial slur that lead to the ugly scene, which he might have hinted at following the Thursday win and rumored throughout the next day. I have no proof other than what I saw on social media for full disclosure.
However, with all being said and done, Rudolph inflamed this mess and should have received a one game ban in my opinion. There are certain issues I could bring up here about certain players, but I'll refrain for now.
That brawl could have put the nail in the coffin for Kitchens barring the team winning out and advancing to the playoffs (which is still a possibility if you do the math). Kareem Hunt helps with the winning out part with how the offense has operated since his activation.
The Browns are now 5-6 after beating Miami. They face the Steelers again this Sunday with a chance to sweep them for the first time since the 1980s and taking second place in the division.
-A last-minute note came in! The Steelers are benching Mason Rudolph for the Browns game in favor of Devlin "Duck" Hodges! Wow.
In my opinion, Mike Tomlin absolutely tore Rudolph to shreds when announcing the benching. Man, I wanted Rudolph to get wrecked again because why not?
-Congratulations BUNGALS!! You are now the new meme of the NFL and this series! The Dolphins have won two games and made you the bottom-dwellers in the NFL cellar.
Make sure to not blow up your tank for Tua (or Joe Burrow, or any other QB at the top of the draft). 1-15 may be the best you get this year if you beat Miami or the Jets.
Other than that, we will enjoy the amusement you may bring us if you finish 0-16. I wish you were the Steelers instead.
Houston: 2-2 | Part 2: 5-3 | Part 3: 7-4
Indianapolis: 2-2 | Part 2: 5-2 | Part 3: 6-5
Tennessee: 2-2 | Part 2: 4-4 | Part 3: 6-5
Jacksonville: 2-2 | Part 2: 4-4 | Part 3: 4-7
State of the AFC South:
*Just a disclaimer, I'm doing the Texans and Colts out of order here. Okay? Good. Back to the entertainment.
-So the Colts have had some hiccups being without Brissett for most of two games or so, and the GOAT of kickers Adam Vinatieri still struggling with his kicks this year.
If you make the playoffs, you won't get far because Jim Irsay, Chuck Pagano and Ryan Grigson ruined Andrew Luck. You also just lost your best running back in Marlon Mack, and the timing is hardly ideal.
-Speaking of hardly ideal in Houston, I'm betting you wish you had Jadeveon Clowney right now, huh?! J.J. Watt is out, you lost Lamar Miller in the preseason and turned to the Browns backfield from last year, then proceed to get thrashed by the Ravens (embarrassed even), and I doubt you can make it any deeper than the second round of the playoffs no matter how good Deshaun Watson is.
I'll also just get the refball accusation out of the way right now: The no-call of blatant pass interference that was committed against DeAndre Hopkins should have been overturned on review and given the Texans first and goal.
To some, it may seem the league wants this rule gone. Hell I'll just say it: THEY WANT IT GONE! If so, just do it NFL, so coaches can't throw dumb challenges anymore. *cough* Kitchens *cough*.
-"So 9-7 is the goal again, eh Titans? Marcus Mariota is benched, and Ryan Tannehill is back in. Yeah, this is getting old. Either upgrade the quarterback or go into rebuild mode. I have more choice words I could use, but basically, you're not going anywhere anytime soon."
Did you catch what I did there?! It's rinse and repeat with the Titans and if 9-7 happens, I'm going to laugh so, so, so hard! I don't hate them, no, but I actually found a way to reuse the same bit from last time as their description again!? I never thought I'd see the day this would happen!
-The Jaguars got Big Nick Foles back, replacing Minshew Mania. May the memories last forever with that awesome mustache!
Seriously though: This is the time for Foles to play up to his contract and win the division.
Wait, what's that rumble? Oh my god, you just let the Titans manhandle you?! This is a surprise? Since when is Ryan Tannehill supposed to help destroy your defense?!
Better luck next year, I guess.
Kansas City: 4-0 | Part 2: 5-3 | Part 3: 7-4
Oakland: 2-2 | Part 2: 3-4 | Part 3: 6-5
LA Chargers: 2-2 | Part 2: 3-5 | Part 3: 4-7
Denver: 0-4 | Part 2: 2-6 | Part 3: 3-8
State of the AFC West:
-The Chiefs have had some fun and frustrations lately. The fun times include Tyreek Hill racing downfield after his running back versus the Vikings to show off his own speed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ccVu_HbcCc
However, you lost to the Titans?! How did you manage that??
Look, you need a pep talk. The Raiders are right behind you, and if you continue slipping up, you could fall out of your contender status very, very fast. Feel lucky that you have the ultimate cheat code in Patrick Mahomes and that if you were any other team, you'd be screwed!
-Oakland actually has a shot of winning the AFC West.
Wait when did this happen? And without Antonio Brown, aka The DIVA?? Umm, wow! Okay!
My take here is you guys may not go deep, but you have lucked out this year while looking good at times (sans Jets game).
Gruden, do not mess this up if you want your chance to laugh at me! Don't make me say I want my mulligan on my first take on the Chiefs back in Part 1.
-Well, the Chargers got Melvin Gordon back. The bad news is that Philip Rivers, yes, Rivers, hit a wall and regressed from the player he was last year.
Right now, the Chargers aren't going anywhere and if they do, it'll have to be a heckuva rally following their bye week.
-Do you hear that in the distance? That's the sound of false hope being stripped away from the Bronco faithful after beating the Browns.
My question here is: Can John Elway actually find a quarterback to give this team a chance that you didn't luck into during free agency like you did with Peyton Manning? Only time will tell.
Why does it always feel like the NFC is easier to rip teams to shreds? Meh, it doesn't matter. On to the most hated division in the NFC!
Dallas: 3-1 | Part 2: 4-3 | Part 3: 6-5
Philly: 2-2 | Part 2: 4-4 | Part 3: 5-6
NY Giants: 2-2 | Part 2: 2-6 | Part 3: 2-9
Washington: 0-4 | Part 2: 1-7 | Part 3: 2-9
State of the NFC East:
-Dallas: Your team is a better version of the Titans Jekyll and Hyde act. You had a few games where you could have separated yourself (the Jets and Patriots), but instead you're keeping the Eagles in the division race.
Make up your minds on if you want to go for the kill or continue making this a soap opera drama! Please and thank you!!
-"Good news Eagles fans: Your season isn't doomed!!"
And I actually reused their previous line too, just like the Titans.
Here's the thing: You are in a weak division with a low wild card probability, so let me spell this out for you: YOU HAVE TO WIN THE DIVISION TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS!!
Got it? Good.
-Geez, I guess Giants fans got all the false hope stripped from them after Daniel Jones led them to two wins within the first four games before falling apart. Or maybe it was the black cat appearing on the field in the middle of a game running through the end zone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df7g19GzFkg
Saquon Barkley has been diminished as well, as he battles through an injury for the remainder of the season.
Also, I'm calling it now: Pat Shurmer gets canned by season's end! I don't know if John Mara will have enough patience to let him come back on a short leash.
-Dan Snyder: Just sell the Washington football team already!! You're a joke and a disgrace, especially with all the Trent Williams stuff that came out!!! It's a bad look for you. Really, why do I waste breath on you?!?!
There is something I do want to say here: I feel bad for Dwayne Haskins right now. This is basically a living hell he has to play in, and he deserves better. This team will ruin him at this rate, and Ohio State fans who loved Haskins in college will be coming for Snyder.
Green Bay: 3-1 | Part 2: 7-1 | Part 3: 8-3
Minnesota: 2-2 | Part 2: 6-2 | Part 3: 8-3
Chicago: 3-1 | Part 2: 3-4 | Part 3: 5-6
Detroit: 2-1-1 | Part 2: 3-3-1 | Part 3: 3-7-1
State of the NFC North:
-Might be a hot take for the Packers here, but you are dangerously close to letting the Vikings relegate you to the Wild Card.
This may be your best chance to win another Super Bowl with Aaron Rodgers under center with a rejuvenated overall performance by this squad. You cannot screw this up. You have had luck on your side all year. Don't waste it.
-Which version of Kirk Cousins did we see the last four weeks? We saw all of them. The good, the bad and the ugly.
However, the Vikings are still within striking distance of taking the division from the Packers. With Adam Thielen returning, Stefon Diggs churning out production and Dalvin Cook being a monster, the sky's the limit before it comes crashing back down in 2020.
-The Bears were a team with Super Bowl aspirations who have not met expectations. The defense is still good, but not quite the historic one we saw last year.
The main problem has been at quarterback with Cleveland kid and Mentor star Mitchell Trubisky not having progressed and looking more and more like a liability. The kid the Bears traded up to No. 2 in the 2017 NFL Draft to take.
I feel bad for Trubisky as those around me who have met him know he's a good guy. However, if turning off TVs in the facility is the way to start a rebound and erase negativity, then by all means, back it up on the field.
-Detroit, I'm sorry but I have terrible news: You are screwed!
You have been plagued by refball all year, lost key players to injury and everything looks as if it can go your way until it doesn't.
Then, you suddenly lose Matt Stafford to a multi-week injury and without him, you're done. At this point, it's just better to keep him out the rest of the way to avoid a Tua like injury happening to him or even preventing something worse.
I feel bad for the Lions in a way. Maybe it's how Cleveland and Detroit's football teams have been plagued by misery. However, it's time to move on.
New Orleans: 3-1 | Part 2: 7-1 | Part 3: 9-2
Carolina: 2-2 | Part 2: 4-3 | Part 3: 5-6
Tampa Bay: 2-2 | Part 2: 2-5 | Part 3: 4-7
Atlanta: 1-3 | Part 2: 1-7 | Part 3: 3-8
State of the NFC South:
-So aside from the loss to Atlanta, the Saints have had two QB's lead the charge at the top of the NFC. However, one man has made his case to be the league MVP, and his name is Michael Thomas.
"A receiver as MVP?! Are you out of your mind Fitz?" People might ask.
Thomas, an Ohio State product, is basically unguardable and unstoppable just as his Twitter handle states (@Cantguardmike). He gets over 30% of the passes coming his way, and yet no one can stop him while knowing he WILL get the football.
Thomas is on pace to break records for receptions, reception yards and more, and he is powering the Saints offense more than Alvin Kamara has. He is a special talent and really does deserve the MVP award. He has a chance if he keeps this output going.
-Carolina shut down Cam Newton for the year. In other news, Kyle Allen is the starting quarterback of the Panthers, not to be confused with Brandon (Denver) and Josh (Buffalo).
Christian McCaffery had been slowed down prior to facing the Saints and so have the Panthers in general. Kyle Allen is starting to slip a bit, and the Panthers may need to get another quarterback in the building if they want to even think of staying alive in the hunt.
-As for the Bucs, they have so much offensive potential, but their defense equates to that of a glorified Big XII team.
Bruce Arians is still an offensive genius, but you kind of forget about that when Jameis Winston keeps the turnover bakery going on all cylinders.
-Arthur Blank, you spineless fool! Your Atlanta Falcons are in a tailspin, and you didn't fire Dan Quinn. I'm… Wait, what's this? You actually bullied the Saints and Panthers with smothering defense and a good offensive performance?!
And then, you ended all optimism by losing to the Bucs and letting all false hope evaporate.
However, can I just ask where the two big performances have been all year!?? If you had dominated on defense or resembled one at all before the bye week, who would have stopped you? The answer: Not many. Heads should still roll down south in Atlanta, but I can't confidently say that they WILL roll if this hot stretch continues.
San Fran: 3-0 | Part 2: 7-0 | Part 3: 10-1
Seattle: 3-1 | Part 2: 6-2 | Part 3: 9-2
LA Rams: 3-1 | Part 2: 5-3 | Part 3: 6-5
Arizona: 0-3-1 | Part 2: 3-4-1 | Part 3: 3-7-1
State of the NFC West:
-Okay boys, the 49ers lost. 1972 Dolphins, break out the champagne bottles!!
This team is still very good, but they need to get healthier and fast! Losing Kyle J doesn't help, and you need a full-strength George Kittle too.
Just make sure to protect the golden goose of Jimmy G, and you should be fine. I won't say you have the division tucked away yet because of the next team on the list.
-The Seahawks and Russell Wilson would like to have a word about the NFC West. They made a statement win in an all-time great overtime thriller vs the 49ers on Monday Night Football that's a certainty!
However, you did pick up the mini-circus that is Josh Gordon. Tread carefully Gordon, and in the famous words of Stephen A. Smith, "Stay off the weed!" This is your last chance. Screw up here and it's game over.
-The Rams are suffering a Super Bowl hangover if I've ever seen one and for several reasons.
Todd Gurley has been a shell of himself, making me wonder how bad his knee might be. Jared Goff has regressed considerably after getting his big-money deal, and the most consistent force on your offense, Cooper Kupp, has been taken out of it the last few games.
This NFC field of contenders is no cakewalk, and you do have Jalen Ramsey, but make no mistake here: If you miss the playoffs after that Super Bowl run last year, a hard, long look in the mirror will be needed for this franchise as they prepare to open their new stadium.
-Record notwithstanding, the Cardinals came close to knocking off the 49ers TWICE!! Don't let the second game's score fool you!
Arizona has its quarterback, and now they have to build around him. Get him O-Line help, sign some good wideouts to help in the pass corp with the legend Larry Fitzgerald heading out the door, and get an actual defense to stop other teams on the field.
I also have to admit I was completely wrong months ago for the team giving up on Josh Rosen completely. It seems he's more of a developmental prospect who may never reach his full potential or become a complete bust. Arizona proved me wrong.
That's it for now!! Come back for the Part 4 finale on the second day of the new year at 2 p.m.! We will have coaches fired, GMs swept out and lots of warm, spicy, hot takes!! See you all then!! And hopefully not before with another Browns emergency article unless it's about a playoff berth.
Sean Fitzgerald is a member of the Black Squirrel Radio Sports Department and a Sports Coordinator. He co-hosts Past the Mic with Fitz & Enzo Fridays from Noon-2 p.m. Follow him on Twitter @fitzonsportsbsr for insights and occasional livestreams.
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